NARS’ holiday collection is special this year, and not just because I think so: NARS is celebrating it’s 15th anniversary (wow!).

There are three new eyeshadow duos ($32): Taiga (soft, shimmery white-yellow and olive-green-gold-black), Eurydice (red plum and soft black with lots of multicolored sparkles), and Brousse (softly shimmery brown and shimmery blackened violet).

There’s also a new cream shadow ($21) in Mousson, a green-silver sage I absolutely adore. I mentioned before that green-silver was one of my favorite colors, and Mousson captures it perfectly. Paper Tiger is a repromote of an existing permanent cream shadow shade, but it was in the display, so I swatched it.There are two new Velvet Matte Lip Pencils ($24): cherry red Pop Life and red-brown-burgundy Toundra. Chihuahua lipgloss is a repromote of a permanent shade, but it’s one of NARS’ most popular.

There’s a new multiple ($37): Luxor. This pale pink stick highlighter can be used anywhere — lids, cheeks, lips, or body — is already getting a lot of love from users amateur and professional.

I think my favorite thing, though, is the new Soft Touch Shadow Pencils ($24). These are a new product: deliciously soft, chubby pencils you could use alone or as an eyeshadow base. After yesterday’s breakdown of Ashley Greene’s New Moon premiere look, I’m just dying to try Goddess as a liner along my lower lid.

I originally thought Aigle was a typo for Agile, so I Googled it: it’s a city in Switzerland. Apparently the pencil was named after a Himalayan Black Eagle.There’s also a new shade of polish out for holiday. My counter didn’t have a tester, but it’s called Rouge Andalou and it’s a candy cane red shimmer.

14 Responses to “NARS Holiday 2009”

>I bought Pop Life pencil as soon as it came out and I love it. Full on, I find on me it's more of a rusty red (which IS very nice), but if you dab it with a finger for a more stained look, you will get the most gorgeous Victorian-era-stained pout!

>I have Eurydice and I LOVE the soft black shade as an outer corner shade. I feel like the red purple shade had a bit of drag to it and I really had to pack it on my lids. Maybe I need to play around with it more. I wear NARS regularly so I'm surprised I hit this little road block!